title: [Alcoholism and the elderly: the importance of blood chemistry parameters for the diagnosis].
abstract: This paper again affirms the epidemiological significance of alcoholism in the elderly. The results of a study on 99 chronic alcoholic patients sixty-year older have been reported.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The laboratory tests for diagnosis normally used for screening of alcoholism are not enough considered in the elderly. In those patients more parameters have to be evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Medicina Generale II, ULSS 7, Ospedale Civile, Conegliano, Treviso.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santonastaso
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ottolini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pace
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Piccolo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cecchetti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dalla Bona
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001706:Biopsy; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006403:Hematologic Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Alcolismo e anziani: importanza dei parametri ematochimici per la diagnosi.